Word: politicians
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Forgiving Heart. But more important than Carter's apologies for his careless words about preserving "ethnic purity" was the fact that none of his rivals knew how to exploit the issue that he had raised. In 1976 there is one quick way for a politician to trip up on the way to the White House: call upon the Government to use federal powers to get the minority groups out of the big city ghettos and into white neighborhoods...
...Berawan nobility, a die-hard house politician often lobbies for days before a controversial meeting. To get his way he must argue precedent and the good of the community. Let him only hint at the exertion of his own private will and he has lost...
...that his father, a small farmer and real estate trader, insisted on displays of manliness from him, while his mother emphasized gentility. Lavish with her love at times, his mother withheld it when he displeased her. Out of these inner conflicts, Kearns traces the development of a tormented, driven politician. But Johnson may also have been shaped as much by Texas and national political traditions. His political education began amid rural poverty...
Kukrit called a new election in hopes that he could form a more workable coalition. The witty and energetic Prime Minister was an odds-on favorite to win again; he is widely respected as Thailand's most skillful politician...
...Thai Politician-Publisher Kukrit Pramoj 13 years ago took a respite from statecraft and journalism for a brief fling at the movies. In the film version of The Ugly American, Kukrit got surprisingly good reviews for his portrayal of the democratic Prime Minister of a mythical Southeast Asia nation called Sarkhan. The movie Prime Minister was besieged and almost overthrown by Communists, largely because of a meddling U.S. ambassador (played by Marlon Brando...